Brick Chapel Prospect

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Sulfur-Pyrite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089994
MRDS ID W044763
Record type Site
Current site name Brick Chapel Prospect
Related records 10296724

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.1168, 44.55248 (WGS84)
Elevation 128
Relative position .43 MILES N 81 W OF BM 430 SOUTHEAST OF BRICK CHAPEL, NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pierrepont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York St. Lawrence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 26.2% S (PRUCHA, 1957)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.1168, 44.55248

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEET, STRINGERS
    Strike N 53 E
    Dip 25-30 NW
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 76.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP 51-52

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 425

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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